Journal 11 – The Turkish writer won Nobel Prize in Literature

Orhan Pamuk, 54, was warded the Nobel Prize in Literature on October 12, 2006. He was born and has lived in Istanbul his entire life. He left the architecture school after three years and graduated journalism at the University of Istanbul in 1976.
Pamuk is one of Turkey’s most prominent novelist; his works has been translated into more than forty languages.
Pamuk’s main works are: The Silent House (1983), The White Castle (1985), Snow (2002).
Today, I borrowed his book, The New Life, from East Meadow Public Library.